MA in Education

Why study education?

Whatever educational setting you work in, and whatever the stage of your career and the role you currently do, our MA Education offers the opportunity to develop and enhance your professional skills and understanding of the contemporary professional practice.

Whether you're a classroom teacher or in a managerial or leadership role, whether you have a number of years of experience or you're at the start of your career, studying for the MA in Education will make a highly valuable contribution to your continuing professional development and be useful evidence for meeting performance objectives.

What will you study?

During your MA in Education you will study content relating to schools, further and higher education institutions and other educational settings that reflect global approaches to educational policy and social justice, this is a course with broad appeal.

ARU will give you the opportunity to tailor your studies and carry out research to focus on your particular interests, you'll certainly find opportunities to link the new theories you learn with your everyday practice, enhancing and improving the pupil or student experience in your place of work. Studying alongside people from a range of different backgrounds and fields of education will also enrich your student experience.

We also offer our MA Education with specialisms: MA Education with Early Childhood, MA Education with Special Educational Needs and Disability and MA Education with Leadership and Management.